You're the only one I can tell : inside the language of women's friendships / Deborah Tannen.
By: Tannen, Deborah [author.].
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First edition.Description: xviii, 276 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781101885802.Other title: You are the only one I can tell.Subject(s): Female friendship | Interpersonal communication | Conversation analysis | Female friendship | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Friendship | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics | SELF-HELP / Communication & Social Skills | Conversation analysis | Female friendship | Interpersonal communicationGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | BF575.F66 T36 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011473 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index.
Women friends talking -- That's not what I meant!: the invisible influence of conversational style -- "We're a lot alike," "We're very different": the importance of being--or not being--the same -- The same--or better?: connection and competition -- FOBLO, FOGKO, and the safe embrace of women in groups -- Too close for comfort: cutoffs, poaching, drama! -- "Like" it or not: women, friendship, and social media -- My friend, my sister, my self: what it means to be close -- Epilogue.
Through research into the unique way women talk to one another, this validating and illuminating analysis of female friendship will help women lean into the comfort these powerful relationships offer and avoid the hurt feelings that come from common miscommunications.